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von villa66
Di 09.08.16 01:17
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Re: 1930: possible or impossible?

Possible or impossible in 1930? #1 OK #2 OK #3 impossible (1946-64 Roosevelt reverse) #4 impossible (1956 Roosevelt obverse) #5 impossible (1945s “micro s” reverse, from a rogue punch then being used for Philippine coinage) #6 impossible (you’ll hate me—see below!) #7 OK #6….Hiding at left under the...
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So 22.09.19 01:16
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A random 1901o dollar.

William McKinley was inaugurated in March the year this 1901o dollar was coined (and assassinated that September at the Pan-American Exposition). The year before, McKinley had used the campaign slogan of “the full dinner pail” to beat challenger William Jennings Bryan for a second time. It was a con...
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Fr 11.10.19 09:57
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1861 Frankfurt doppelthaler

I was in a lock-box a couple of days ago and met up with this old friend for the first time in a dozen years. As a coin to be collected, it has major problems. As a personal memento, however, it bats a thousand. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- x:...
von villa66
Mo 18.05.20 10:09
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Between-the-wars: 1932 Panama 5-centesimos

Between-the-wars. This 1932 5-centesimo piece was coned at the American mother-mint in Philadelphia and shipped south to Panama, site of what was then perhaps the United States’ most prized overseas possession—the Panama Canal. Certainly it was at the center of American defensive planning. The Japan...
von villa66
Fr 05.06.20 04:25
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Re: Post-layoff junk-box.

Nice pieces indeed ! If that was the junk, I would like to see the top-shelf- items. Aha! A near-perfect excuse to show off something else I bought that day—after the junk-box of course (first things first!). Not from the top-shelf, but maybe one of the middle ones, this 1856 half-cent, coined the ...